In the aftermath of the January 6th Capitol riots, Democrats began citing the slow response by the D.C. National Guard as a new argument for D.C. Statehood. Earlier this month, Daybreak's Jack Anderson sat down with Princeton politics professor Paul Frymer to discuss the D.C. statehood movement – why it’s important, what precedent it has, and what chance it stands in Congress.

Episode by Jack Anderson and photo via Ridwan Meah / Unsplash.